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Nominate an Inspiring Humanities Teacher for an Outstanding Teaching Award

Humanities TexasSeptember 2014

Do you know an outstanding teacher in your school or community? Nominate him or her for one of our 2015 Outstanding Teaching Awards!

In 2015, Humanities Texas will present a total of fifteen awards to exceptional Texas K–12 humanities teachers in three different categories:

Twelve teachers across the state will be selected to receive the Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award.

One Texas history teacher will be selected to receive the Linden Heck Howell Outstanding Teaching of Texas History Award, an award established in memory of Ms. Howell, former chair of the Humanities Texas Board of Directors, as a lasting tribute to her service to the organization and her commitment to the study of Texas history.

Two additional teachers will be selected for the Award for Outstanding Early-Career Teaching. This award recognizes exemplary contributions of humanities teachers in Texas elementary, middle, and high schools who have completed three or fewer years of teaching.

All award winners will receive a $5,000 prize, with an additional $500 for their schools to purchase humanities-based instructional materials.

Left to right: Claudia Taylor Johnson High School Principal John Mehlbrech; 2013 James F. Veninga Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award Winner Adrian Viccellio of San Antonio’s Johnson High School; Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Joe Straus; and Humanities Texas Executive Director Michael L. Gillette.